| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Air date | March 8, 1971 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 2 (1970-1971) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Hooper greets the viewers while serving some customers. An Anything Muppet man (Jerry Nelson) comes by and orders some presents for his friends: three cowboy magazines and the latest Little Jerry and the Monotones record. The man also asks to have them gift-wrapped. Mr. Hooper points out he doesn't usually gift-wrap, but he promises to have them done on the count of ten. |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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SCENE 2 | The man sings along to the previous segment when Mr. Hooper finishes wrapping. The man notices each present has been wrapped with the same paper and he thinks he won't be able to tell which is which. Mr. Hooper helps him identify his presents by their shape. |
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Animation | Dot & Hill B-1 — A ball cannot travel up a steep incline. |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be mad, but Bert says that he can't, because he has nothing to feel angry about. Ernie asks Bert to pretend that he borrowed Bert's paper clip collection, and lost his favorite paper clip. The thought makes Bert really mad. Bert gets tired out, and tells Ernie that he can't get mad anymore. Ernie makes a confession -- he really did lose Bert's favorite paper clip. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty T": T is for Trash and Ticket (First: Episode 0020) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan points out that Nancy is holding the letter of the day: T. She invites Troy to come with them as they ask Oscar if he knows any words that start with T. Oscar inadvertently helps when he mentions he's watching TV. |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (First: Episode 0024) |
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SCENE 4 | Miguel asks Oscar for another T word. Oscar would much rather play with his Grouch rubber duckie; a toy, which as Miguel points out starts with T. |
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Cartoon | A poem filled with T words, including a teacher, toys, Texas, and "turtles with brains." Voice: Bob Arbogast (First: Episode 0024) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar is bugged by Mr. Hooper to name another T word. Oscar was just playing with his train, unintentionally helping again (much to his chagrin). |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: T for train (First: Episode 0022) |
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SCENE 6 | Bob lets a kid help him mail a letter to Mexico. He thinks of inviting Oscar to his house for a spinach ice cream sundae topped with pickles and sardines. Instead, an exasperated Oscar throws up some of his trash to highlight yet another T word. |
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Song | "Where the Garbage Goes," a song film which explains what happens to garbage after it gets thrown away. (edited version) Music by Peter Schickele (First: Episode 0077) |
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Animation | Dot & Hill B-2 — A dot tries to get up a hill after a cart, but doesn't make it up. |
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SCENE 7 | In the yard, Susan and Bob teach up and down to Chris and Reggie. Bob is up in his apartment window, while Susan and the kids are down on the street. |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry Monster sing "Up and Down." (First: Episode 0154) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (repeat) |
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Muppets | Professor Hastings uses a pogo stick to demonstrate "up" and "down," and ends up jumping into a pond. |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 8 | Bob runs into Marty who claims he's all packed to sleepover at his friend Jimmy's house. He shows his suitcase, which only contains a ball and a glove. Bob tells Marty that he has to plan better when going on a trip and needs more things for his sleepover. Marty starts whizzing back and forth to retrieve the items Bob names. After a while, Bob suggests they go to his house together to make sure he's prepared. Bob then asks Marty how he intends to travel, to which he replies that he'll be taking a big balloon. |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Up, Up and Away." (First: Episode 0049) |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q": A figure demonstrates Q words, despite the unruly stem of his letter Q that keeps detaching itself. Animation by Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0048) |
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Muppets | Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE," by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out. (First: Episode 0166) |
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SCENE 9 | Close-ups of Big Bird's foot (size 72) and eyes are shown. Big Bird notes how different things can look when they're seen close up. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Look a Little Closer." (hand) (First: Episode 0147) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert plan to go to the zoo tomorrow, but Ernie can't make up his mind. What would happen if Ernie bought a balloon, but then lost it when he gets frightened by a buffalo? Then he remembers that the zoo is closed on Wednesdays. (First: Episode 0137) |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that "Q" starts the word "quarter." (First: Episode 0046) |
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Celebrity | Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0006) |
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SCENE 10 | Miguel has Troy and Reggie arrange cutout flower parts to match the pictured flowers. |
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Film | A female vocalist sings about the many different types of flowers found all over. (First: Episode 0141) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie declares that he's "the world's greatest counter of numbers." To prove it, he counts from 1 to 10, but every time Bert interrupts him, Ernie starts over again. This slowly drives Bert crazy. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (repeat) |
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Film | James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico. (First: Episode 0153) |
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SCENE 11 | Susan sings "One of These Letters" with 3 small Qs and a small P. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty Q" (repeat) |
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SCENE 12 | Susan says goodbye to the viewer as she pushes Nancy on the tire swing. Miguel announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Sesame Street sign floats above Ernie and Bert, while Sherlock Hemlock inspects the CTW sign. |
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